# No Strain

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{{Infobox album
| name       = No Strain
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Memphis Slim](/source/Memphis_Slim)
| cover      = No_Strain_cover.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = 1961
| recorded   = April 26 & November 15, 1960
| venue      =
| studio     = [Van Gelder Studio](/source/Van_Gelder_Studio), Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre      = [Blues](/source/Blues)
| length     = 36:34
| label      = [Bluesville](/source/Bluesville_Records)
| producer   =
| chronology = [Memphis Slim](/source/Memphis_Slim)
| prev_title = [Just Blues](/source/Just_Blues)
| prev_year  = 1961
| next_title = Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon at the Village Gate
| next_year  = 1962
}}

'''''No Strain''''' is an album by American blues pianist [Memphis Slim](/source/Memphis_Slim) which was recorded in 1960 and released on [Bluesville](/source/Bluesville_Records), a sublabel of [Prestige Records](/source/Prestige_Records). It was reissued by Fantasy in 1972 as part of the double LP ''Raining the Blues'', along with ''[Just Blues](/source/Just_Blues)'', another album from the same sessions.<ref name="Disco">[http://www.wirz.de/music/blvilfrm.htm Bluesville Discography], Wirz.de</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
}}
In his review for [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic), Stephen Cook says "Both at the keyboard and the mic, alone or with company, Slim shows why he was one of the most urbane and original of blues giants."<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|last=Cook|first=Stephen|class=album|id=mw0000862364|title=Memphis Slim – ''No Strain'': Review|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
All compositions by Peter Chatman except where noted.
# "Darling, I Miss You So" – 3:11  
# "Lonesome Traveler" – 2:44  
# "No Strain" – 6:16  
# "Don't Think You're Smart" – 3:33 
# "Raining the Blues" – 3:46 
# "You're Gonna Need My Help One Day" – 3:14 
# "Angel Child" – 3:07 
# "Fast and Free" – 1:56 
# "My Baby Left Me" – 3:04    
# "Lucille" – 2:16 
# "Nice Stuff" (Chatman-Thomas) – 3:27

== Personnel ==
*[Memphis Slim](/source/Memphis_Slim) – piano, vocals
*[Lafayette Thomas](/source/Lafayette_Thomas) – guitar
*[Wendell Marshall](/source/Wendell_Marshall) – double bass
*[Buster 'Harpie' Brown](/source/Buster_Brown_(musician)) – harmonica

== References ==
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Category:1961 albums
Category:Memphis Slim albums
Category:Bluesville Records albums
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

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